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The lineup for the 2011 National Book Festival – going to two days this year for the first time – continues to grow, with information on scores of authors, video clips of authors and book-lovers, and a “countdown clock” among the features of the festival website now live.

NBF poster by Jon J Muth

Always a family-friendly event, this year’s festival will also feature the biggest lineup of authors for children the Library of Congress, which sponsors and organizes the festival, has yet assembled. The big weekend is Saturday, Sept. 24 (10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) and Sunday, Sept. 25 (1 p.m. to 5:30 pm.) between 9th and 14th streets on the National Mall, rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public.

The website offers a downloadable file of the 2011 National Book Festival poster by renowned illustrator Jon J Muth, who will appear at the festival.

This is the 22nd in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder, who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Every once in a while we hear from a guest that has traveled a good distance to see the exhibit. In Waco, Texas, a […]

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